18th Amendment Pros And Cons

The 18th Amendment to the United States Constitution was created to enforce the prohibition of alcohol in the United States. A very controversial decision at the time, the amendment was passed by Congress in December 1917. Section two of this amendment allows Congress to use their abilities to create a nationwide ban on alcohol, while working together with state governments to enforce these laws with appropriate legal action. The US government used the 18th Amendment as a signal of strength that the federal government possesses, and was the first time that the government enforced an amendment, as previous amendments only allowed the federal government the ability to enable amendments when necessary. The Eighteenth Amendment also dealt with …show more content…
“This article shall be inoperative unless it shall have been ratified as an amendment to the Constitution by the legislatures of the several States, as provided in the Constitution, within seven years from the date of the submission hereof to the States by the …show more content…
The Nineteenth Amendment is written as followed; “The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex.” The amendment was praised, as women had finally gained a voice in the country's politics, which they have been seeking to gain since the Fourteenth amendment. The passing of this amendment caused a dramatic difference in the political views of women. The Nineteenth amendment was passed by congress in June 1919, and it became ratified in August, 1920. The Nineteenth Amendment was very important to the federal government, as the decisions that senators made prior were directly related to the male population, as women did not have the right to vote, thus, do not have an impact on policies and the thought process of decisions. Women did not gain the right of vote easily, as it took over 480 campaigns and legislatures attempting to gain women’s suffrage. The Nineteenth amendment is the final amendment that will be mentioned in this article, and moving forward to comparisons of the four articles, we can see the people’s attempts to counter the governments

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